Printing odometer



y 30, 1939- J. F. OHMER 2,160,032

PRINTING ODOMETER Original Filed Oct. 3, 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet l 5 2 356INY IN V EN TOR.

A TTORN E YS.

.1. F. OHMER May 30, 1939.

PR INTI NG ODOMETER Original Filed Oct 3, 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 C705 11 0 BY JV INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

y 30, 1939- J. F. OHMER 2,160,032

PRINTING ODOMETER Original Filed Oct. 3, 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 IN V EN TOR.

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May 30, 1939. J. F. OHMER PRINTING ODOMETER Original F iled Oct. 5, 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 wk 2. Q. k

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Patented May 30, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PRINTING ODOMETER Original application October 3, 1932, Serial No. 635,976. Divided and this application May 3,

1935, Serial No. 19,679

4 Claims.

This is a divisional application of Patent No. 2,031,060 granted February 18, 1936, by John F. Ohmer, for Printing odometer.

This invention relates to a printing odometer and is peculiarly adapted for use in connection with trucks and other vehicles against which a tax is assessed on the basis of the number of miles traveled. For instance, if a State has a law taxing trucks or other vehicles on the basis of mileage traveled, it is necessary for this mileage to be accurately recorded. Of course, the State could provide auditors who would periodically inspect every truck in the State and read from a visual odometer the present mileage, from which mileage they would subtract the mileage recorded at the time of the last inspection which would give the mileage traveled during the interim and on which the tax would be predicated but it is manifest that such a procedure would be quite expensive. I have, therefore, provided a printing odometer in which a ticket or card board may be inserted and an opening impression made thereon showing the mileage which the vehicle had traveled up to the time said impression was made. I have also provided means to lock this card board within the odometer until a closing impression is made. The difference between the mileage readings of the opening and closing impressions represents the number of miles that the vehicle has traveled during the interim. On this ticket or card board would also be impressed the consecutive number showing the number of tickets or card boards which had been so inserted and to this 3.3 end, of course the consecutive number printed on the opening impression would be the same as the consecutive number printed on the closing impression. I also print the machine number and the State on both the opening and closing impressions. These tickets or card boards are then forwarded by the operator to the taxing authorities. If the vehicle were driven without a piece of card board being inserted, the opening registration after the next card is inserted would not correspond with the closing mileage record of the last card board inserted and this deception would, therefore, be manifest to the auditing department. On the other hand, if the operator inserted a card and took the so opening and closing impressions and if he then threw that card away and inserted another card which he later sends to the auditing department of the taxing authorities, this deception would likewise be manifest for the card sent in would not have the succeeding consecutive number to that appearing on the card last sent in. The auditing department of the taxing authorities would have to maintain records of every truck in the State from these cards sent in and the tax would be based on the mileage revealed by these cards.

I realize that some fraudulently inclined person might be inclined to attempt to remove one of the cards after it had been inserted. To this end, I lock the card within the machine until the closing impression has been made. I have also provided a door which is locked at the time that the opening impression is made and remains locked and cannot be unlocked until the closing impression is made, at which time the said door is automatically unlocked.

I also realize that a fraudulently inclined person might attempt to render the printing odometer inoperative by partly taking a printing impression and leaving the type wheels in contact with the card board and thereby locking them against rotation. To render this deception manifest I have provided means which will mark on the card board an indication of this fact and I have also provided a visual counter which will continue to be operated if the vehicle is driven even if the printing wheels are locked against operation by the impression being partly taken. When this card board is sent in to the taxing authorities they W111 be advised by the telltale mark on the card that the operator has attempted to defraud the taxing authorities.

In this case it will be necessary to compare the visual counter with the printing counter and the difference between the mileage recorded 35 thereon will represent the number of miles that the vehicle was driven while the printing wheels were locked against operation by a printing impression being partly taken.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the detailed specification and claims which follow.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the printing odometer;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view;

Fig. 3 is a view of one of the tickets or card boards on which the opening and closing impressions have been made;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to that in Fig. Sexcept that the tell-tale mark is shown thereon, showing that the machine has been operated while the printing wheels were locked against operation.

Fig. 5 is a front elevational View of the machine with the front cover removed;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but with the cover removed;

Fig. 7 is an elevational view of the visual counter operating means;

Fig. 8 is an elevational view of a portion of the operating means for the tell-tale device;

Fig. 9 is an elevational view partly in cross section taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 10 is an elevational View partly in cross section taken on the line I0I0 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 11 is an elevational view partly in cross section taken on the line lI-ll of Fig. 5;

Fig. 12 is a perspective view of the card holding means;

Fig. 13 is a side elevational view partly in cross section of the means to operate the aligning mechanism;

Fig. 14 is a side elevational view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 13;

Fig. 15 is a side elevational view on the line i5i5 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 16 is a side elevational view partly in cross section on the line |6l6- of Fig. 5;

Fig. 17 is an elevational view partly in cross section on the line lli7 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 18 is an enlarged view of the mechanism shown in the right hand upper corner of Fig. 15;

Fig. 19 is a side elevational view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 18; and

Fig. 20 is an elevational view partly in cross section on the line 2ii-20 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a shaft l is driven from any suitable part of the vehicle such as the transmission shaft, it being connected therewith by the conventional flexible shaft. The shaft l is journaled in a housing 2 and carries at the upper end thereof a gear 3. Regardless of the direction of rotation of the gear 3 the shaft 4- is driven thereby in one direction only so that the shaft 4 is driven in one direction regardless of whether the vehicle is driven forwards or backwards. This method of converting forward or backward rotation into uniform rotations is well known in the art and requires no detailed description thereof. The shaft 4 is provided with a worm 5 which meshes with and drives a gear 6. The gear 5 is loosely mounted on a collar 3 i which in turn is loosely mounted on the shaft l. Secured to the collar 34 is a disk 8. Secured to the disk 8 are two teeth 9 which are brought into engagement with a gear [0 each time the gear 6 makes one complete revolution, thereby rotating the gear l9 one tooth for each complete revolution of the gear 6. The gear I8 is secured to a shaft ll (Figs. 5 and 9) on which are loosely mounted a number of Geneva pinions 12. Also secured to the shaft H is a spur pinion l3 (Figs. 5 and 10) which meshes with and drives a gear i l secured to a units printing wheel i5. To the right of the units printing wheel l5, as viewed in Fig. 5, are tens, hundreds, thousands and tens of thousands printing wheels, which are driven by conventional Geneva gearing, of which the Geneva pinions 52 form a part, which structure is well known in the art and requires no detailed description. It will, of course, be understood that the gear reductlon would be such that the units printing wheel 55 would be driven onetenth of a revolution for each mile or other unit of distance traveled. All of the mileage printing wheels are mounted on a shaft l6.

ihe gear 5 is provided with a web I! as shown in Fig. '7 which carries a pin 18, which pin it is in a channel l8 formed by the inner periphery of the gear '3 and the outer periphery of the disk 8. As the gear '3 is rotated in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. '7 it engages a block 28 carried by the upper portion of a lever 2i pivoted to a shaft 22, thereby depressing the lever 2| to which is pivoted a pawl 23 which is pulled into engagement with a ratchet 2% by means of a spring 25. A units counting wheel 26 is secured to the ratchet The tens counting wheel 21, hundreds wheel thousands wheel 29 and tens of thousands wheel 39 are driven from the units wheel by Geneva gearing, which requires no description. The not only pulls the pawl 23 into engagement with its ratchet but after the pin has passed beyond its engagement with the lever 2i and spring 2% cams the lever 2! upwardly so as to again be in a position to be engaged by the pin it on the next revolution thereof.

It may be that the operator might, with intention to commit fraud, hold the printing wheels against operation as, for instance, by partly operating the printing mechanism hereinafter to be described. I have, therefore, provided means whereby the machine will not be damaged in case the printing wheels are held against rotation. To this end I have loosely mounted the gear 6 and web 51 on the collar 3! to which it will be re membered, is attached the disk 8. On the other side of the gear 6, as shown in Fig. 8, and integral with the collar 3| is a disk 32 which is spaced from the gear 6 by means of a disk 33 which is loosely mounted on the collar 3!. The disk is provided with pin 34 around which passes a spring 235, terminating in two arms 36 which engage a pin El carried by the disk 33. The disk 32 is cut away adjacent the pin 2?, which cut away portions terminate in surfaces 38. The spring, therefore, tends to hold the disks 32 and in the position relative to each other as shown in Fig. 8 but if one of these disks should be rotated relative to the other there would be an amount of free play until the pin 3? contacts one of the surfaces 38, at which time continued rotation of one of the disks would impart its rotation to the other of said disks. The inner disk 33 has a V- shaped notch 39 therein which is normally enaged by a tooth 4d of a lever 4i pivoted on a pin 42 carried by the gear This lever is pulled inwardly by means of a spring 43. Unless the printing mileage wheels are obstructed the gear 6, when rotated, will, through the lever M, disk 33, spring 35, disk 32, collar 3 I disk 8, teeth 9, and gear id, drive the printing mileage wheels but if the printing mileage wheels, together with gear iii, are held against rotation the collar 3| and disks 32 and 33 will correspondingly be held against rotation, or at least they will be as soon as the teeth 9 engage the gear it In this case, the gear 6 would continue its rotation and the tooth 46 would be cammed out of the Vshaped notch 39 in the disk so that the tooth 48 would thereafter ride on the periphery of the disk 33.

Particular attention, however, is called to the fact that even if the mileage printing wheel should be held against rotation the gear 6, which might be called the driving gear, will. continue its rotation and the stopping of the mileage printing wheels will in nowise afiect the operation of the visual counter shown in Fig. '7. There is, therefore, the driving gear 6 which is rotated in one direction whenever the vehicle moves regardless of whether that vehicle moves forwardly or backwardly. This driving gear 6 drives printing wheels and also drives a visual counter but the driving means whereby the printing wheels are driven from the driving gear 6 are separate and distinct from the means whereby the visual counter is driven from said driving gear, to the end that if the printing wheels are held against rotation the visual counter will be actuated in its regular manner. In case the mileage printing wheels are held against rotation and the tooth 40 is cammed out of the V-shaped notch 39, thereby moving the lever 4| outwardly on its pivot 42, the said lever 4| will engage an arm 46 secured to a shaft 41 (Figs. 8 and 11) to which is secured an arm 48, thereby raising the arm 48 to which is attached a stylus 49 which is moved upwardly through an ink pad 50 so as to place a. mark (Fig. 4) on the under side of a ticket or card board 52. This mark, therefore, shows to anyone looking at the card board that the machine has been operated while the mileage printing wheels were held against rotation.

As shown in Fig. l, I have provided a hand crank 44 which normally extends downwardly for approximately 128 degrees from the position shown in Fig. 1. By normally I mean before the ticket has been inserted in the machine. This hand crank is detachably secured to a shaft 45 such as by a tongue and groove connection shown in Figs. 5 and 6.' On this shaft 45 is a cam 53 (Figs. 5 and 17), a. full stroke ratchet 54 (Figs. 5 and 16), and a spur gear 55 (Figs. 5', 18 and 19), all of which are secured to said shaft 55, while loosely mounted on the said shaft are mutilated gears 56 and 51, which mutilated gears are pinned together. Each of the mutilated gears and 51 is provided with teeth for a. position of its circumference and with stops 58 and 59. They are each provided with an arcuate surface 69 for their minor arcs extending between the said stops. The only difference between the mutilated gears 56 and 51 is that the mutilated gear 51 has a. cut-away portion 6| forming an arc of minor radius extending between the lowermost portion of the stop 59, as viewed in Fig. 18, and the teeth, whereas the mutilated gear 56 is provided with an arcuate surface 62 having the same radius as the arcuate surface 60. Secured to the shaft 45 and outwardly of the mutilated gear 51 is a friction disk 63 which is pressed against the gear 51 by means of a spring 64, the tension of which may be adjusted by means of a nut 65. When the handle 44 is in its down position the stop 59 (Figs. 18 and 19) is against a fixed stop I40. The teeth of the mutilated gears 55 and 51 are in mesh with a pinion 66 which is secured to a shaft 61 to which is attached a feed roll 68 provided with a fiat surface 69. Onehalf of the width of one tooth of the gear 66 cut away, leaving a half tooth 4| which enters the cut-away portion 6| adjacent the arcuate surface 62 while the two adjacent teeth engage the greater arcuate surface 62, thereby locking the pinion 66 against rotation after it has rotated the required amount to feed the ticket into the machine. The flat surface of the feed roll 58 is directly parallel to the planes in which the ticket shown in Figs. 16 and 17 is inserted so that the feed roll 68 presents no obstruction to the insertion of the ticket between the feed roll 58 and a lower feed roll 10. When the handle is moved from its lowermost position to its uppermost position the teeth on the mutilated gears 56 and 51 rotate the pinion 66 and feed rolls 68 so that the feed roll 68 engages the ticket or card board 52 and draws it into the holder ll which is provided with slots 12 in its lowermost surface directly above the printing wheels. While the ticket is being moved into its innermost position by the said feed rolls, the stop 59 has been rotated away from the stop I40 and as soon as the ticket has been fully drawn into the machine as above described the stcp 58 will be brought into contact with the fixed stop M0, thereby stopping the rotation of the mutilated gears 56 and 51 and hence stopping the feeding of the card board so that the card board is now in its fully inserted position and is held stationary while the handle 44 is still being moved upwardly.

The gear 55 always meshes with a gear 13 loosely mounted on a shaft 14, which gear 13 meshes with and drives a gear 75 secured to a shaft 16 which likewise has secured thereto a consecutive number cam 11 (Fig. 9), a liner cam iii (Fig. a full trip and stop ratchet 19 (Fig. 16), and a printer cam 66 (Fig. 17).

When the handle is down and the ticket is inserted, the first thing that occurs as we move the handle up is to draw the ticket in as heretofore described. While the ticket, however, is being pulled inwardly the consecutive number cam IT is being rotated from a position in which its nose 6! is directly beneath the nose 82 of a slide 83 guided by means of a pin 84 extending through a slot 85 in the said slide. Secured to the slide 83 is a pawl 86 which engages, when depressed, a ratchet 81 secured to a gear 88 which meshes with and drives a gear 89 (Fig. 5) secured to the units wheel of a consecutive number printer 96. The units Wheel of the consecutive number mechanism is connected to the tens and hundreds printing wheel of the consecutive number mechanism by means of Geneva gearing. As soon as the operator starts to move the crank handle upwardly, removing the nose 8| of the cam 11 out of engagement with the nose 82, the cam surface 9| of the said consecutive number cam ll engages a nose 92 of the slide 83 and moves the said slide downwardly until the nose 93 of the said cam passes the nose 92 of the slide, the lower end of which is guided by a fixed stud 94 so that the ratchet 87 and units wheel of the consecutive counter are operated one space. As soon as the nose 93 passes beyond the nose 52 a spring 95 slightly raises the slide and the pawl 85 so that the liner mechanism hereinafter to be described can correctly position the type wheels forming the consecutive counter. It is, therefore. apparent that the first two things that occur are that the ticket is drawn ino the machine and the consecutive counter is operated.

Referring to Figs. 10, 13 and l i, the liner cam 18 is loosely mounted on the shaft 16 and is provided with two V-shaped cut-away portions 96 and 9'! and with stops 98 and 99. Secured to the shaft 16 is a cylindrical element I69 provided with a circular flange l9! which over-laps a portion of the cam 78 and is adapted to engage the stops 98 and 99. When the handle is in its down position the right hand end of the flange llii, as viewed in Fig. 13, is approximately 54 degrees from the stop 99 so that as the shaft 16 is rotated anti-clockwise, as viewed in Fig. 13, Wh le the handle is being raised, no movement would be imparted to the cam 18 until the said shaft 16 has rotated approximately 54 degrees and during which time the ticket has been drawn into the machine and the consecutive number mechanism has been actuated. During this time the nose |02 of the lever I03 is resting in the V-shaped cut'away portion 91. The lever I03 is pivoted on the shaft I04 and between the pivot point and the nose I52 a link I05 is pivoted to the said lever, which link is normally pulled down by 5 means of a spring I86. The lower end of the link I55 is pivoted to a liner lever ID! pivoted on shaft The left hand end of the lever I81, viewed in Figs. 9 and 10, is raised so as to en- 10 nose I52 is raised out of the V-shaped cut- '"e y lining up all the printing wheels, there :eing one such star gear I55 for each of the units p--nting wheels of the consecutive number and the mileage wheels.

The crankshaft 45 is provided as heretofore described with a cam 53 (Fig. 17) and the shaft '56 is provided with a cam 30. The position of these cams when the handle is down is approximately 128 degrees from the position shown in Fig. 17. As the handle is being moved upwardly ooth of these cams are rotated anti-clockwise, the cam 85 being rotated away from a cam surface Iii? and the cam 53 being rotated towards a cam surface III, both of which cam surfaces form a part of a lever I I2 secured to the shaft l4, thereby rotating the said shaft to which is secured owns I 53 On opposite sides of the machine, which arms are bifurcated at their lower ends and re- 30 ccive a printing shaft II4 which passes through is guided by arcuate cut-away portions II5 the frame of the machine, which cut-away porns have upturned extensions IIG. When the ndle is down the shaft I I4 is in the right hand .rpturned extension H6 as viewed in Figs. 15 l 1'7 and in the left hand one, as viewed in 16. When the cam 86 is freed from the cam su. ace I15 and the cam 53 engages the cam surface ll! thereby rocking the shaft I4 and arms iIii the printing shaft H4 is moved out of the upturned extension and is cammed downwardly by the sides thereof so as to depress the shaft lid which carries a platen II! which engages the upper end of the ticket which has been 45 i rted and drawn into the machine as herein- 1 "2 described and presses it against the type ,s, thereby taking a printing impression on ticket. The continued upward movement of handle moves the shaft H4 into the opposite nsion H8 or into the position shown in Figs. l5, l6 and 17.

A stationary arm H8 is fixed on shaft I6 and pin M9 and secured to this arm is an extension @523 which carries printing type I2I, which type is the type used to print the machine number end the State, such as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

When the handle is in its upward position and the ticket has been drawn into the machine, the ype wheels aligned and the printing impression de, a fraudulently inclined person might att to remove the ticket, whereas it should re- .n locked in the machine until the closing imssion has been made. It is true that the feed rollers 55 and Ill hold the ticket within the ma- 55 chine so that only its extreme end would be essible but I desired to provide means so as *ender inaccessible the ticket until the closing impression had been made and to this end I have provided on the shaft M a cam I22 which may be 7o moved immediately beneath a nose I23 of a lever I2 pivoted on a pin I25 and provided at its outer end with a locking lug I26. When the handle is down the cam I22 lying beneath the nose I23 holds the left hand end of the lever I34 upwardly against the tension of a spring I21 and holds the right hand end of the lever depressed so that the door I28 may be inserted into a lower channel I29 (Fig. 2). The said door is provided with an overturned flange I30 which when the handle is raised, moving the cam I22 clockwise, as viewed in Fig. 2D, and away from the nose I23, the spring I'ZI will depress the left hand end of the lever I24, as viewed in Fig. 20, and will elevate the locking lug I26 into engagement with the flange I30 thereby locking the door against being moved outwardly. It cannot be moved downwardly, upwardly, or to the right or left on account of the fact that the door is seated in a depression in the frame, as shown in Fig. 2. The door, therefore, cannot be moved at all as long as the handle is in any position other than its down position.

I have further provided a full stroke mechanism, best shown in Fig. 16, in which I have attached the ratchets 54 and I9 to the shafts 45 and I6 respectively. One or the other of these ratchets engages a lever I3I pivoted on the shaft I4 and having a nose I32 which is provided on each side thereof with cam surfaces to be engaged by a V-shaped nose I33 of a lever I34 which is pulled downwardly by means of a spring I35. Pinned to the lever I3I is a lever I33 which is adapted to be engaged by pins I3! or 538 carried by the ratchets 54 and I9 respectively. When the handle is in its down position the lever I3I is in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet 19 so that the handle can only be moved upwardly. As soon as it has been moved upwardly, however, the pin I38 engages the right hand end of the lever I35 and trips the lever I3I into the position shown in Fig. 16 and the lever I34 holds the said lever in that position so that the left hand end of the lever I 3| is now in engagement with the ratchet 54, thereby stopping the upward movement of the lever. The cam I9 has, while the handle is being raised, prevented the handle being lowered on account of the teeth thereof engaging the right hand end of the lever I3I. It is, therofore, apparent that I have provided mechanism which when the handle is being raised will draw the ticket into the machine, align the type wheels. lock the door, and print the opening impression on the ticket and that I have also provided means to prevent the handle being lowered until it has been fully raised. In all of the views in the drawings the parts are shown in the position which they would occupy when the handle is raised with the ticket in the machine and the opening impression having been made. The nose 552 of the liner lever is now resting in the V shaped cut-away portion 96 so that the lever I!!! is not engaging the type wheels and the machine can now be operated so that the mileage printing wheels and the visual counter will be operated.

When it is desired to take a closing impression at the end of a month or any other period of time, the operator should re-insert the handle and should move it from its up position to its lowermost position. During the time that machine is being driven the handle should be removed and 56 and 51 moving the stop 58 away from the stop I40 and rotating the pinion 66 and feed roll 68, thereby feeding the ticket outwardly a short distance, or the distance between the impressions shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The liner mechanism is operated by the tooth I02 being moved out of the V-shaped cut-away portion 96 onto the arcuate surface I09, thereby elevating the liner lever I01 and aligning the type wheels. The cam 80 comes into engagement with the cam surface H while the cam 53 is moved out of engagement with the cam surface Ill, thereby rotating the lever H2 and operating the printing mechanism for the closing impression. The cam I22 is rotated into engagement with the nose I23, thereby releasing the locking mechanism for the door. The consecutive counter is not operated for the nose 93 moves the slide 83 down only slightly and thereafter the slide 83 is elevated. The consecutive number of the closing impression is, therefore, identical with the consecutive number of the opening impression. The ticket is now free to be removed from the machine and to be forwarded to the auditing department of the taxing authorities.

While I have constantly stressed the importance of using this in connection with taxing purposes and while I contemplate that this may be one of the chief uses thereof, I do not desire to limit the invention to this use or any other particular use. It is broadly adapted to be used wherever it is desired to maintain a record of the distance traveled in any given interim. I realize that many changes may be made in the specific form of embodiment in which I have shown my invention without departing from the spirit thereof and I, therefore, desire to claim the invention broadly except as I may limit my self in the appended claims.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. In a register, a counter adapted to print a record on a card, a visual counter, a driving element to simultaneously actuate both counters and separate means for operatively connecting said driving element with the respective counters to cause the same to normally register identical data, the means for connecting said driving element with said printing counter comprising a slip connection arranged to disconnect said driving element from said printing counter when excessive resistance is oifered to the movement of the latter and thereby permit the normal movement of said driving element and said visual counter, a device for impressing a mark on said record card, and means controlled by said slip connection for actuating said device when said printing counter is disconnected from said driving element.

2. In a register, a printing counter and a visual counter adapted to register identical data, a rotatable member, means for operatively connecting said member with said printing counter, a driving gear rotatably mounted on said member, said member having at one side of said gear part provided with a notch, a part yieldably mounted on said gear and having a tooth extending into said notch and provided with a cam surface arranged to force said tooth out of said notch when excessive resistance is offered to the rotation of said rotatable member, and means for actuating said visual counter comprising a movable device and a part carried by said gear and arranged to engage and actuate said movable device.

3. In a register, a counter adapted to print a record on a card, a. visual counter, a rotatable member, means for operatively connecting said member with said printing counter, a driving gear rotatable about the axis of said member, said member having a part provided with a shoulder, a member yieldably mounted on said gear and having a shoulder arranged to normally cooperate with the shoulder on said rotatable member to cause the latter to rotate with said gear, at least one of said shoulders being cam shaped to impart movement to said yield-able member and disengage said shoulders when excessive resistance is ofiered to the rotation of said rotatable member and thereby release said gear for rotation with relation to said rotatable member, a device for impressing a mark on said record card, means for actuating said device comprising a part arranged in the path of rotation of said yieldable member when the latter has been moved to a position to disengage said shoulders, and means including a. part carried by said gear for rotating said visual counter.

4. In a register, two counters at least one of which is adapted to print on a record sheet, a driving element, separate actuating connections between said driving element and the respective counters operating normally to cause both counters to register identical data, and a device separate from said counters for making a mark on said record sheet, the actuating connection between said driving element and one of said counters including means controlled by the retardation of said one of said counters to automatically interrupt said connection and permit the normal movement of said driving element and the other of said counters and to actuate said marking device to make a mark on said record sheet.

JOHN F. OHMER. 

